On March 2, 2012, The Arts Center will be hosting their grand benefit called Chocolate Fantasy. Yes,with chocolate in the title, who wouldn’t want to attend? They have also roped in basketball coach Craig Robinson ( that’s Michelle Obama’s brother for those outside the area) who will be helping MC the event. Besides the culinaryContinue reading “Chocolate Fantasy Donation”
Category Archives: Paper
I Pug You!
Valentines day is approaching and I just ran a limited edition (15 prints) of “I Pug You!” to be posted on my Etsy site. Print measures 7″x7″. Still trying to determine a price and matting size. Printed on Kozo lightweight paper using an oil based etching ink. The name popped up while Dave & IContinue reading “I Pug You!”
Rain, flooding & generally soggy days
Life in the Willamette valley has been a tad wet. Multiple fronts have moved in off the Pacific bringing inches of rain per day, high winds, flooding, downed trees & land slides. The freezing level yo-yo’d around from valley floor (200′) up to 8,000′. When I wrote last about not believing in snow for theContinue reading “Rain, flooding & generally soggy days”
Botanical Silhouettes: hand-cut paper
Framed and ready for a holiday purchase, these three hand- cut paper botanical silhouettes would make a nice gift for plant and nature loving folks. Frame dimensions: 10″x 10″x 1.75″. Cut paper dimension: 4″x 4″ Queen Anne’s Lace Wild Geranium Bracken Fern These will be available in Corvallis Oregon at The Arts Center.
Portal Project: Specimen 379 almost complete!
A foggy grey day has greeted us on 11.11.11 here in the Willamette Valley. Not terribly surprising since it was so foggy last night on the dog walk (but under the full moon light!). This morning I plugged in the sculpture to enjoy it’s glow while sipping a cup of tea & listening to Debussy.Continue reading “Portal Project: Specimen 379 almost complete!”
Portals Project: day 8
Today progress was made! The casement finally fits the sculpture. This took many hours of increasing the interior dimensions to squeeze the piece in. Lots of sanding & chisel work. Probably would have been easier if I had just gone out and purchased new wood. I also tested the lighting just for fun. Ahh, it’sContinue reading “Portals Project: day 8”
Portals project: day 6?
Here are images of the covered piece. Looking a bit like alien tissue samples or possibly dragon. Hummm….. another world! close up look: the flip side: Lighting and framing to come. Picked up some short LED strips at IKEA on Sunday. Think they will work just fine except the cords are so horribly long. Shortening?Continue reading “Portals project: day 6?”
Portals Project: day 4
Today was about tubes: getting them covered, secured and starting the sewing process. Where I started this morning: Nothing terribly new… Close up of the coffee paper: Covering a tube. Kind of reminds me of cow trachea or a caddis fly during their water stage. All three tubes covered: it will get better in aContinue reading “Portals Project: day 4”
Portals Project: day 3
Today was a paper testing day. Since I have only produced three sheets of the coffee dyed paper I wanted to use some of the heavily textured (& no coffee) paper as a trial for gluing techniques. Back in August I created a “panel” to demo my concept. Now that the main work is inContinue reading “Portals Project: day 3”
Portals Project: Second idea in the works
Last month I agreed to participate in the November/December show at the Arts Center. This years theme is “Portals”. Wow, where do I head out from there? Actually I currently have two projects in the works and both are very different from each other. Project #1 involves wire armatures & pig gut. A definite comfortContinue reading “Portals Project: Second idea in the works”
Sticks, Stones, and Paper Stew Blog 